The average number of jobs in the system is the surrogate measure for ______.
A)average work-in-process inventory
B)average process inventory
C)average job tardiness
D)average finished goods inventory

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The average number of jobs in the system is a measure of the work-in-process inventory, which is the inventory of unfinished work that is in the system at any given time. This inventory can be used to measure the amount of work that is being processed, the efficiency of the production system, and the overall performance of the system. Other answers such as average job tardiness and average finished goods inventory are unrelated to this measure.

The Average Number of Jobs in the System Is the Surrogate